In our social round, so long as we can go from door to door in a viftmoving vehicle we are not so bad affected by conditions, but progress foot is distressing. Begs: filth, dirt and disease are everywhere. and the foul afflicted creatures get unpleasantly near and claw on clothing. Sordid groups of street dwellers, and the results of habits of the good eld China style offend those who would take their walks abroad.
One of our worst difficulties is that presented to mothers of children of all junior age: For the tiny ones there are practically no open spaces where they can go with absolute safety. At times Jessfield Park is almost as crowded as Nanking Road. and the journey to and from is not good. Other parks are similarly crowded, and unless parents have a good garden at home—and the modern tendency to live in flats often precludes this—one wonders what mothers do with small children, The
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